Geneviève Guilbault
Geneviève Guilbault (born November 4, 1982) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election held in the electoral district Louis-Hébert on October 2, 2017.[3] She is a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[4] On October 18, 2018 she was appointed Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety.[4]
Geneviève Guilbault | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Premier of Quebec | |
| Assumed office October 18, 2018 | |
| Premier | François Legault |
| Preceded by | Dominique Anglade |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Louis-Hébert | |
| Assumed office October 2, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Hamad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 4, 1982[1] Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada[2] |
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
| Other political affiliations | Quebec Liberal Party (before 2006) |
| Residence(s) | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures[2] |
| Alma mater | Université Laval[2] |
| Profession | Communications Officer, Political Advisor[2] |
Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked as a communications officer for the provincial coroner's office.[5] She had previously planned to run for the CAQ in the electoral district of Charlesbourg in the 2018 provincial election, but was selected as the by-election candidate in Louis-Hébert after the party's original candidate, Normand Sauvageau, resigned.[5]
Electoral record
| 2018 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Geneviève Guilbault | 16,248 | 44.59 | -6.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Julie-Maude Perron | 9,700 | 26.62 | +7.91 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Normand Beauregard | 4,529 | 12.43 | -3.83 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Guillaume Boivin | 4,030 | 11.06 | +5.85 | ||||
| Conservative | Natalie Bjerke | 841 | 2.31 | -1.81 | ||||
| Green | Daydree Vendette | 550 | 1.51 | -0.55 | ||||
| New Democratic | Caroline Côté | 276 | 0.76 | -0.59 | ||||
| Independent | Vincent Bégin | 244 | 0.67 | -0.24 | ||||
| Équipe autonomiste | Jean-Luc Rouckout | 22 | 0.06 | -0.02 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,440 | 98.76 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 456 | 1.24 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,896 | 80.52 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 45,821 | |||||||
| Quebec provincial by-election, October 2, 2017: Louis-Hébert Resignation of Sam Hamad | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Geneviève Guilbault | 12,091 | 51.04 | +25.12 | ||||
| Liberal | Ihssane El Ghernati | 4,433 | 18.71 | -30.51 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Normand Beauregard | 3,852 | 16.26 | -2.11 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Guillaume Boivin | 1,235 | 5.21 | +0.27 | ||||
| Conservative | Sylvie Asselin | 976 | 4.12 | +3.29 | ||||
| Green | Alex Tyrrell | 487 | 2.06 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 319 | 1.35 | – | ||||
| Independent | Vincent Bégin | 215 | 0.91 | – | ||||
| Option nationale | Martin St-Louis | 61 | 0.26 | -0.45 | ||||
| Équipe autonomiste | Jean-Luc Rouckout | 18 | 0.08 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,687 | 99.20 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 190 | 0.80 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,877 | 52.43 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 45,540 | – | ||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +27.82 | ||||||
References
- "Geneviève Guilbault - National Assembly of Québec".
- "10 choses à savoir sur Geneviève Guilbault, la nouvelle députée de Louis-Hébert" Le Journal de Québec, October 3, 2017.
- "CAQ wins upset landslide win over Liberals in Louis-Hébert riding". Montreal Gazette, October 2, 2017.
- "Geneviève Guilbault - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
- "Geneviève Guilbault to be CAQ's new candidate in Louis-Hébert: source". Montreal Gazette, September 7, 2017.
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